EXCLUSIVE: Noel Gallagher indulges in a £2.5ka a night hotel suite in the aftermath of the breakup of his marriage to Sara Macdonald – as friends say he’s ‘partying through pain’

Noel Gallagher indulges in a £2,500-a-night hotel suite in the aftermath of his marriage breakup.

The ex-Oasis rocker, 56, is living in luxury at Claridge’s in Mayfair, London, as he awaits the refurbishment of his new flat in nearby Maida Vale.

Noel continued Matt Morgan’s latest podcast: ‘II’m in Claridge’s… my flat – there is building work going on at my new flat in Maida Vale, so I’ll look into that.

“I’ll go to Oppenheimer, have some drunken lunches, nights out, that sort of thing.”

It’s clear that Noel is in one of the expensive hotel’s entry-level suites, which is equipped with a fireplace and piano – which will no doubt provide inspiration for new hits.

Amazing: Noel stayed in £2.5k night rooms at Claridge’s – he also paid £14k a night last year to stay there with his family in a larger suite, when his heating broke

Splashing the Money: One of the rooms at Claridge’s where Noel stays

The star has a reported net worth of £57 million.

But it was a tough time for Noel, his shock split with wife Sara MacDonald, 51, came in January after 12 years of marriage.

The Wonderwall singer also said in a new podcast with his best friend Matt how he kept the £8 million South Downs mansion in Hampshire where he lived with Sara and their two sons Donovan, 15, and Sonny, 12.

A source close to the veteran rocker said: ‘Sara has a place in Maida Vale where they lived before they moved to Hampshire, and the boys usually live there with her.

‘Noel has now also bought a house there, but it is far from finished. He got it so he could be close to his boys, whom he adores.

“They stay with him for a week when they’re not on tour, when he’s in Hampshire.”

His hotel suite is also a perfect party spot. He likes going to the Chiltern Firehouse bar and has had lots of parties in his suite.

They added: ‘But the split really hit him and he’s told his friends that he’s struggling with all kinds of emotions inside.

“It hit him hard and he doesn’t want to be an old party animal because he can’t stoke it like he used to.

Grief: Noel and wife Sara confirmed they had split in January after 12 years of marriage and Noel would be ‘partying through the pain’

Don’t Look Back In Anger: Noel pictured with his brother Liam (right) when they were in band Oasis together, but famously fell out and ended the band in 2009

I’m out of here: Noel was pictured rushing out of the Chiltern Firehouse where he was partying Friday night after an awkward confrontation with brother Liam’s son Lennon amid THAT ongoing feud with his sibling

Night Owl: Lennon was pictured leaving the celebrity hot spot much later than his Uncle Noel

“He also says it’s a ‘challenging’ and a ‘dark time,’ and that he doesn’t want to be single forever, but it’s hard for him to try and move beyond Sara.”

In addition to his two boys, Noel has daughter Anaïs, 23, with his ex-wife Meg Mathews, 57.

They divorced in January 2001 over his adultery with Scottish publicist Sara, whom Noel met in June 2000 at Space nightclub in Ibiza.

After the divorce, Noel admitted that he had only claimed to have cheated to speed up the divorce process and that he had never actually been unfaithful.

Noel also hid – but with his family – in suites at Claridge’s, where rooms can go up to £14,000 a night, in April 2022 when the heating broke in their north London apartment.

He boasted, “If you could, you would,” and said he “couldn’t be” staying in a cold house while construction workers worked to fix the plumbing.